1 Corinthians 16:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.”
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“because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.”
King James Version · Public Domain“for a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for a door to me hath been opened--great and effectual--and withstanders <FI>are<Fi> many.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 16:9 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 14:27When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
- Acts 19:8Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:32If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
- 2 Corinthians 1:8We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
- 2 Corinthians 2:12Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
- Philippians 3:18For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
- Colossians 4:3as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
- Revelation 3:7To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.
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